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A cleaner uses a fogging machine to clean a train carriage during the night
RAILWAY cleaners protested outside the Department for Transport (DfT) today, calling on the government to end the “scandal” of poverty pay.
Members of rail union RMT working for 10 outsourced contracts around the UK network will be taking strike action on December 22, 23 and 31.
They are calling on Transport Secretary Mark Harper to ensure that sub-contractors make pay offers to tackle “endemic low pay” in the industry.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Outsourcing is at the heart of inequality. Only collective unity in the trade union movement can topple the Establishment’s obsession with it, says SAM GURNEY
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains